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Episode 6 Recaps
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It's All About Robb on 'Survivor: Thailand'
Thu, Oct 24, 2002 11:43 PM PDT
by Heather Feher
Zap2it, TV News

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Last week on "Survivor: Thailand," the Sook Jai voted the antisocial Stephanie off of the island. This week, Robb asks Penny if she had considered voting for him. Apparently, Ken mentioned that she would vote for either Robb or Stephanie. Penny denies this 100 percent, which sends Robb off to confront Ken, the NYC police officer.

When skater dude Robb accuses him of lying, Ken tells Robb that he has some set of "bowls" on him -- he is the only one not lying to his face. He also adds that it was between Robb and Jed on the first vote because Robb wouldn't shut up and was annoying everyone. Robb asserts that he is not stupid and stalks off. The entire conversation was laden with profanities, but the editors did a nice job of catching all of them. Perhaps they moonlight on "The Osbournes."

Over at Chuay Ghan, Jan and Helen must now swim to the water hole since Brian and Ted lost the tribe's boat. The three men chivalrously decide to swim out to the neighboring island to see if the boat has hidden itself there. Helen correctly observes that Clay and Ted are lousy swimmers. They've underestimated the distance to the other island, and alas, they can't find the boat.

In the Sook Jai camp, a petulant Robb starts helping himself to the bananas, which the tribe had agreed to save for a later time. Ken cuts him off, but not before Shii Ann gets in the middle. Penny tells her to butt out of the argument and let Ken and Robb continue to fight like kids.

This week's Reward Challenge involves launching wicker balls from catapults to teammates who must catch them in wicker baskets. The first team to catch five balls wins the reward. Two people from opposing tribes must compete side by side and are encouraged to block each other's catches. The "Survivor: Thailand" producers were probably recalling Robb strangling Clay a few weeks ago with great fondness, and wanted to give him another shot at it.

Robb's freakish height pays off during the game -- he catches every ball for Sook Jai. He is so successful that Chuay Ghan decides to pair him with Ted -- or "Big Ted" as Jeff Probst insists upon calling him. Big Ted would run into Robb, and in turn, Robb would knock over Clay, to the glee of onlookers. Sook Jai eventually wins the reward: a Thai feast.

It's a nice spread of traditional Thai food. The Sook Jai teammates are so pleased that someone actually says, "We love you, Robb" and declares him MVP of the game. As the tribe members devour their dinner, they are accompanied by Thai musicians, Thai dancers, and hordes of Thai flies.

The "secret alliance" hinted at last week turns out to be Chuay Ghans Ted and Brian. Clay seems to be onto them, but Ted's plan is to play dumb if he is approached. He's doing a bang-up job so far.

Back at Sook Jai, Ken takes Robb on a long walk into the jungle. (Is it wrong to think that a police officer would lure someone into the woods to stage an unfortunate "accident?" ) Ken and Robb discover a cave filled with bats and take a look inside. This is where they "squash the beef" -- Robb's disturbing term for working out their differences. In the end, both men agree that the talk was like an older brother counseling a younger (denser) brother and head back to camp as friends.

Meanwhile, Chuay Ghan's resident oddball Jan finds a dead baby bat and decides to have a funeral. When she invites Ted to the service, he quips, "I'll send a card and some flowers." Even Helen won't jump on this crazy train. Brian wonders if Jan has "lost it," but it's possible she never had "it" in the first place.

Sadly overlooking the dead animal, Jan croons, "You didn't have a chance, did you, baby?" -- perfectly channeling Khandi Alexander's coroner character on fellow CBS series "CSI: Miami."

Ironically enough, Jan's team wins the logic-intensive Immunity Challenge involving math and flags. This means that both tribes will go into next week with five members. As the Chuay Ghan celebrate, the Sook Jais trudge home defeated and disheartened.

When the Sook Jais arrive back at camp, they decide to break out the wine that they won in the previous day's Reward Challenge. An emotional Robb shares his epiphany with the rest of the Sook Jais. He now realizes that friends and family are what's important in life. Before, he only worried about how much money he made in a week and "getting wasted." This explains a lot.

The other tribe members declare their love for the teary Robb, and even Shii Ann tells him that despite their differences, he's a good guy.

Not to worry, Shii Ann has not gone soft. The next day, she is still fully aware that the lovefest was only skin deep. There's a game to play, and she should know, having barely escaped dismissal the last two weeks.

When the Sook Jai's arrive for the Jeff Probst debriefing, everyone admits that this is the hardest vote so far. The tribe is finally starting to feel closer, especially after the last few days. Robb's emotional breakthrough has really touched a lot of people.

So they vote him off.

As Shii Ann says when she casts her vote for him, "A wise man knows much and says little, but a fool knows little and says much."

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The Tribe Says: Robb
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2002

(CBS) Robert Zbnacnik, a 23-year-old bartender from Arizona, is officially off the island, as the Sookjai went to the Tribal Council to vote.

In what Jake called, "The worst. The most difficult" vote of all, the six members of Sookjai were forced to cast votes after what they described as their best days together.

The vote came down between Robb and Shii Ann, and while there was obvious tension between the two of them, the rest of the tribe gave no indication of which way the vote would swing.

In the end, Robb accrued 4 votes, enough to have his torch extinguished. There were tears from some tribe members, but there was no regret on Robb's end.

He left the island saying, "This experience has forever broadened my horizons ... I leave here happy because I've already won."

Watch Robb's full interview on The Early Show.

Viewers had already expected Robb or Shii Ann to be the next member of Sook Jai to get the boot.

At least thats what CBSNews.com viewers who voted in the Whos Next To Go? poll say.

Robb has the dubious distinction of getting the most votes wanting him gone. More than a quarter of respondents - 28 percent - think he should be the next castaway tossed off Survivor.

Spunky Shii Ann comes in second with 19 percent giving her the boot.

Chuay Ghan tribal elder Jan also reached double digits -- 16 percent, say shell be voted off.

Fellow tribe member and used car salesman Brian is number four with seven percent saying bye-bye.

New York City Police Officer Ken is a close number five with six percent.

Tied for sixth place are Clay and Jake. Each got five percent of the no votes.

Helen, the navy swim instructor, was next four percent want her to get the old heave-ho.

At two percent, Penny and Ted are tied for ninth place. Quite a move for Ted, who in earlier polls had been near the top of the hit list.

And real estate agent Erin must be doing something right -- she didnt get a single vote.

Will the viewers and castaways agree? What do you think? Who will be the next to go on Survivor: Thailand.

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Lost and Delirious
Episode 6- 5 Votes, 2 B's, 1 Dude
by Jim Van Nest
October 25, 2002

Hello good people and welcome to the tough love/feel good Survivor column of the year!!! Well, it was quite an emotional episode to say the least. We had fights, we had make ups, we had missing boats and dead bats. There's a little something for everyone on this week's Survivor: Thailand. Since there was so much, let's get right down to it.

TEMPERS FLARE IN ONE CAMP, BOAT SEARCH IN THE OTHER

So we begin our show in the morning in the Sook Jai camp, where Shii Ann is stoking the fire and Robb is well, he's just standing there. Penny is the voiceover saying how quickly trust changes in this game and that you really need to be aware. Robb and Penny are then talking and Robb asks her if she was going to vote for him at the last Tribal Council. She said never was that the plan. The plan was Stephanie all along. Robb finds that interesting since Ken told his Penny was going to vote for him. So, (no shocker here) off goes Robb to confront Ken. He accuses Ken of playing the game harder than anyone else out there, in effect saying he backstabbed him. And it started before the first vote. Robb asked Ken if it was down to him and Jed. Ken says definitely. So Robb is upset now because Ken supposedly told him he would come to him with anything he heard. Ken mentions that prior to the last vote that everyone told Robb they were voting Shii Ann and then voted Steph, but he told Robb from the beginning that he was voting for Steph. So essentially, the guy that Robb us accusing of "playing him" was the only one that told him the truth. At this point Ken's pissed off that Robb even brought this to him. They argue a little bit, nothing real substantial is said until Robb pulls out the ole "I'm not f'ing stupid." What's the deal, is any player named Rob or Robb obligated to say that?

Over at Chuay Gahn we join Helen and Jan on a swim back from the water hole. The loss of the boat is really affecting the tribe. They're tired from the swims. They're on edge and it's got the potential to be bad over there real soon. Lots of talk around camp about where the boat could be. the guys finally determine that the boat could be hung up on the island across the sea from them. (The very same island we saw the boat attached to after it got away in the last episode.) So, Ted, Clay and Brian decide to take off and swim over and look for the boat. Well, Clay and Ted are not what you'd call "swimmers." And about halfway over there, I really thought we were gonna lose Ted. Amazingly enough he managed to stick it out and they all made it over to the island just fine. And now the search begins. They swim darn near halfway around the island and never do find the boat. So dejected, our braniacs start the long swim back to camp.

Back at Sook Jai, Robb is still walking around with a chip on his shoulder, so he decides he's hungry and is going to have a banana. Sounds simple enough, right? Wrong. Apparently, the tribe made a rule that they could only eat the bananas together, so everyone got a fair share. Plus the bananas weren't totally ripe yet and they were waiting for some to get riper. Um...ok. Upon seeing Robb taking a banana, Ken felt it necessary to narc on him to Erin and Penny. Robb basically took the approach of "I'm hungry and I'm not asking anyone if I can eat." Makes sense, I suppose. but if he was part of the discussion on not eating bananas...well he should have kept his mitts out. So here we go again with Ken and Robb getting into it. Of course, there's no way something this juicy could happen without Shii Ann throwing her 2 cents in. Penny tried to tell her to stay out of it and let them handle it between themselves. Basically, if they want to act like children, let them. Writer's aside: Ya know, if you're having that hard of a time getting along and you're on each others nerves so bad...why don't you "take it outside." I mean, head out to the beach and kick the crap out of each other. This sissy boy whining and crying is ridiculous. Alicia and Kimmie put on a better show than these 2. And the longer this show goes the more I'm not liking Shii Ann. This argument was between Robb and Ken...stay out of it. While on the surface it's about a banana, everyone watching the show and every there knows it's about a lot more than that. Penny was right. Stay the hell out of it and let them settle it. It's none of your frickin business.

REWARD CHALLENGE #5

And here we come to yet another physical confrontational challenge. This time around the tribes will be playing a game of catch. 1 person will man a large slingshot and will shoot wicker balls in the air to their teammates who will be standing around with wicker baskets to catch them. The other 4 folks will be at one of four stations set up facing off with a member of the other tribe. Basically, they have to catch their balls and try to block the other team from catching theirs. 1st team to catch 5 balls wins. The reward? An escape from camp to. A chance to take in some of the Thai culture. And most importantly, a huge feast! So, Sook Jai decides to sit out Shii Ann on this one as Penny and Helen take their places as the teamsâ shooters.

The lineups shook out like this: Erin and Jan were matched up. Jake and Clay were also. Ted was pitted against Ken while Brian tried to slow down Robb. The first shots go up and Helen misses her tribe by a mile, while Robb out jumps Brian to catch the first ball for Sook Jai. The next shots are both caught. Robb again for SJ, Ted for CG. The third shot, Robb catches again. (I'm sensing a pattern here.) A few rounds later, Robb hauls in #4 while CG is still sitting at 1. Chuay Gahn calls it's only time out. The big switch they make is to put Ted on Robb and let Brian cover Ken. On the next four shots Ted blocks out Robb while Clay, Brian and Ted all score for Chuay Gahn to tie the game at 4. Ted has been all over Robb for each of these shots and Robb is starting to get upset. At this point Sook Jai calls its time out and the bickering between Robb and Ken starts up again. Penny tells them all to shut up that she is going to shoot it in the middle of everyone and she wants all 4 of them out there getting it. Next shot Ted blocks out Robb again, and Jake takes out Clay. The next shot seems to go unnoticed right into Ken's basket, giving Sook Jai the win and they are sent off immediately to enjoy their feast.

As we get back to Chuay Gahn camp, the mood is completely shot down. Ted is very bummed about losing and says it's definitely a team loss. He also apologizes to everyone if he gets out of hand yelling during the challenges. He doesn't really mean to yell, I don't think, it just seems like he gets excited and what he says could be misconstrued as hateful. The guys are also talking about being really tired during this challenge. Brian thinks it might be related to their huge swim looking for the boat. Jeez, ya think??

PRAWNS, MUSIC, MERGE AND BATS

Sook Jai gets to the area for their feast and there's just food everywhere. Prawns the size of your fist. Pinapples full of rice. Shredded pork and shrimp, ice water and wine. The tribe goes absolutely bonkers over all this stuff. And after a few minutes, Robb mentions that after all the drama of earlier in the day, this reward is better than he could have ever hoped for. A couple people chime in that they can't believe a couple hours ago they were fighting over bananas and now they're having this massive feast. Right about this time 4 musicians arrive and begin playing some native Thai dinner music. And several young ladies come out to perform a native Thai dance. It's actually a very nice setting. A Thai show watched over a Thai feast and all of a sudden the tribe that's been at each others' throats since day 1 is happy, full and getting along. Oooooh, I feel the need for a group hug!

Back at Chuay Gahn the topic has turned to merges and immunity. Ted is figuring that the merge should be coming within the next 4 days or so. Since they're down 6-5 right now, it's imperative that they win the next immunity challenge to even the number. After this whole talk, Ted decides to verify that his alliance with Brian is locked. Brian says it is and for the first time, he actually seems like this IS a real alliance. Up til now, it almost seemed like Ted had the alliance and Brian was just going along with it to keep the big guy happy. But this week, Brian seemed just as committed to it as Ted does. There's growing concern that Clay might be figuring out their alliance. The way they see it, they need to keep their friendship a secret otherwise it will make them instant targets for a vote. Writer's aside: This will be quick, but I'm hoping someone can help me here. When Brian and Ted are reconfirming their alliance sitting at the fire...what the hell is all that stuff on Ted? Wood chips or ashes from the fire? I mean, he's covered in whatever this stuff is. Just hoping that someone can shed some light on it.

Back at Sook Jai, we join Ken and Robb on a long walk into the jungle. It's right here that I fully expected Ken to just beat the living crap out of Robb. Instead they stumbled upon a big cave filled with bats. So after checking that out for a little while they decide to have a talk. While this is going on, we here a confessional from Robb about how much this experience is changing him. He is finally starting to figure it out, I think. So they start having their talk and Robb says he just doesn't like being told what to do. Ken tells him that instead of getting upset about it he should probably listen. All he's been doing from day 1 is trying to help him and Robb has fought him every step of the way. So, they seem to get their feelings out in the open and definitely make up. Robb's confessional goes on to say that the talk was great and he feels so much better and that talking to Ken like that was like having a talk from an older brother.

And now for something completely different...

We're back at Chuay Gahn and Jan is hollering out to everyone that they have to have a funeral. Turns out she's found a dead baby bat. And I'm talking baby...as in may have never even stretched his wings out yet baby. She's very distraught over this and immediately gets to work on making a little cross out of twigs to mark the grave she's going to bury him in. The reactions of the rest of the tribe were great. Brian wondered if it was edible. Helen wanted to get rid of it before it attracted flies. Ted declined the funeral invitation but said he would send a card and flowers. Bottom line, I think the entire tribe thinks Jan has completely lost her mind. I mean, she's crying on camera as she's talking about this baby bat. She's not seeming too stable to me. Writer's aside: Seriously folks, is Jan really qualified to be on this show? Is it a smart idea to take someone this unstable and put them in the Survivor environment? I thought they had a real strict process for being chosen for this show. I mean, I know people who have applied for every Survivor season (hi there, coolchick) and keep getting turned down. Yet, this woman somehow managed to get on the show? I mean how the hell does that happen?

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE # 6

And here we are with yet another brain teaser challenge. This one is quite simple. Inside a big circle on the ground, there stands 21 flags. Each tribe will take a turn removing either 1, 2 or 3 flags from the circle. The team that pulls the 21st flag wins. See? Real simple, right? Well simple to explain, but not simple to calculate. Seeing as this is a challenge of the mind, Sook Jai sits Robb out for this one. Not surprisingly, since she's such the master of the logic puzzle, Shii Ann takes the reigns for Sook Jai while Clay seems to be making all the decisions for Chuay Gahn. SJ starts by taking 2 flags. CG then takes 2 and SJ takes 2 more. Chuay Gahn breaks the trend and only takes one. So, after 2 rounds, there are only 14 flags left. Next SJ, CG and then SJ again alternate taking one flag each. Then Chuay Gahn takes 2 leaving the number of flags standing at 9. In a pretty bad move, SJ takes 3 leaving only 6 and setting up Chuay Gahn for the win. CG then takes 2 flags leaving only 4 flags in the circle. SJ is screwed. If they take one, CG will take 3 and win. If they take two, CG will take 2 and win. If they take 3, well that leaves the last flag for CG. So, they decide to go ahead and take three leaving only one flag left for Chuay Gahn to grab and change the entire complexion of the game.

A CHANGE IN THE DUDE

When Sook Jai gets back to camp, this is by far the most dejected we've ever seen them. I mean, even Robb isn't talking. Everyone just has their heads down. They decide to pop open the wine they had left from their reward challenge. So while drinking wine around the campfire, Robb starts talking again. He says that he feels like this whole experience has changed him. He feels a whole new outlook on life. He says that before he got there all he cared about was how much he made a week and getting wasted. In these 18 days all that's changed. Family is where it's at. The people you love and that love you. And he really feels like they're a family and if this game ended right now, he feels this has been a life changing experience for him and he's so excited to have had it. It was quite touching, I thought, because it was genuine. It wasn't someone playing the tribe hoping to not get the vote. It was essentially a kid starting to figure it out. His speech got everyone thinking, that's for sure. Ken apologized to him and made some skateboarder cracks. Hell, even Shii Ann apologized a little and said she thought he was a good guy. Basically, it was just an outpouring of emotions. One of, if not THE best moments on this show so far.

The next morning Shii Ann is telling us how the conversation the night before was nice, but the politics here still exist. She asks if we think Penny and Erin trust her...and mentions that she doesn't trust them. However the feeling I get from all the members is that the finally started enjoying each other's company and this is going to be an excruciating vote. They want to continue to hang out. They don't want to lose someone now, but they have no choice.

TRIBAL COUNCIL # 6

So we get to Tribal Council and it's obvious right off the bat that Jeff is pleased with the new Sook Jai tribe. He starts by asking Erin her take on the last 3 days. She said it went from having the best night (the Thai feast) to the worst night (losing immunity and knowing someone would go) in this span of 3 days. A very emotional couple days for the entire tribe. Penny, why the tone change of the tribe this time? She says that the team felt it was pretty important to win this challenge and they were pretty disappointed in themselves. He asks Robb how the last few days look through his eyes. Robb says he started thinking about how amazing this experience was and how he was so thankful for the opportunity and he starts to tell about the talk around the fire last night and how he had hoped that it would lift the spirits of the tribe and that the reaction was better than he had hoped for. Jeff says that he is genuinely delighted with the experience they're having, but now he wonders how hard it will be to vote. Shii Ann says that this will be really really hard, the toughest vote yet. Jake says this is by far the worst vote yet. Well, since we all know it's the worst, let's get to it.

We are only shown 2 votes as they're voting. The first is Shii Ann's vote for Robb. She accompanies her vote with a proverb that goes something like this, "A wise man knows much, but says little. A fool knows very little but talks too much." She's just beginning to like him and no hard feelings. They show Robb's vote for Shii Ann with him saying that hey had their ups and downs but he's glad he got to know her. Writer's aside: I have time for one more. What is up with this chick? I mean really. The entire tribe was able to forgive Robb and embrace him as a member of this tribe. And after all he said last night and all that will do for this tribe, it sucks enough that he's getting a vote for it, but was the insult necessary? I mean, sure, it's true...but to me, it seemed pretty ignorant to say at this juncture in the game. And when the votes come in, it's unanimous. The other 5 Sook Jai all voted for Robb and Robb becomes the 6th person voted of Survivor: Thailand. One humorous thing during the reading of the votes was that everyone spelled his name with only 1 B. So he had to tell them over and over that it's 2 Bs, dude.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Well, there were many good quotes from this episode and I've chosen 2 I fell worthy of the coveted Quote of the Week. The first goes to Ken who during Robb's comments around the fire says, "I tell you one thing I never imagined, was that I'd be hanging out with a skateboarder freak." And the second quote belongs to Jeff Propst. At the end of Tribal Council, after Robb's walked down the runway, he looks to the rest of Sook Jai and says, "Well clearly you guys have experienced some real spiritual growth and yet it sounds like the person that inspired that growth is the same person you voted out. Great game, huh?"

PREDICTIONS

Well, what else can I say? Here we are after the 6th episode and my preseason Final 4 are all gone. Robb, Jed, Steph and Tanya. Whew, I sure am good at this aren't I?

becca: Among other things I predicted wrong last week, I was also off target with Brian and Ted. Their alliance sure appears for real now. Drats! Ted seems dopier to me each week. When he talks, the sound of his voice draws you in and so the content seems important, but its not. That alliance he initiated with Brian was out of desperation. He needs a friend, believe me! During the last minute of the IC, he said that they should take one flag. Then Clay mentioned that they must take two and Ted chimed in like he had that thought, too. Hmmph! Ill never let him off the hook regarding his actions with Ghandia and for not being more careful with the boat. In the preview column, I predicted that his behavior might be reckless. I may be headed near target with that, at least. The way he lagged behind in the water is yet another signal that tells me he cant go much further in this game. Earth to Ted! Clay is on to you, no matter how many times you go, shhhh. Whats with Brians girly socks tucked in his shoes? And hes swimming in them, too? That looked not only strange, but also uncomfortable. The Chewy tribe made a nice effort near the end of the RC. I so wanted them to win it. Oh well, at least the Giants won a game tonight 16-4. Woohoo! I gotta cheer them on since I live near San Francisco. One more cheer: Go Clay! He called the time-out during the RC that got his tribe close to winning it and it appears that he thought of the strategic move that gave Chewy the IC. Poor Jan is going batty over embryonic bats. That lulu is very lucky to have made it this far. Since I lost Tanya and Stephanie for the final4, Im predicting that Helen arrives there safely. Ive been impressed with her for quite a while and surprisingly so. For a while Ive been thinking that Clay and Helen are gonna form an alliance especially since Brian and Ted are in their own little world.

How brave of Ken to act as Robbs big brother for 18 days. Being friendly with the wrong people is often dangerous in this game and Ken may presently be looking like a bulls eye to most of the Sooky tribe. I think that may be why we see him approaching Shii-Ann in the previews. Jake, Erin, and Penny seem to have a tight alliance and thats something I dont like to see often, as they will have the best advantage over everyone else since they are a threesome. I think that Erin will succeed further than Penny and Jake. I sure hope so! She appears tougher and more independent than the other two. Jake is as boring as I predicted hed be. Yawn! Penny continues to annoy me to no end and her endless grins during TC didnt help to change my mind. An important IC was at stake tonight and Shii-Ann said she couldnt think. Well, thats understandable. She obviously needs to be doing puzzles in her sleep in order to figure them out. I came to a conclusion about Robb tonight. If he spoke all his words in a different tone, I might feel something. For 6 episodes, I couldnt hear him because his dude voice got in my way. So, thats why I didnt pick on him too much I didnt listen. Funny how both he and Shii-Ann mentioned no hard feelings when they cast a vote to each other. During TC, am I the only one who doesnt like the particular sound right before Jeff P. reads the next vote of the one to leave? I dont want to know that soon. Give me just a few more seconds of suspense, please!

It looks like were gonna see a merge with a twist next week. In the previews we see Helen, Clay, Ken, and Shii-Ann on one side of a circle with the others opposite them. I can only imagine that the 4 of them have formed an alliance, but that may be too easy. Who knows, but I sure like that scenario! Whether theres an individual or a team immunity next time, I see Jan or Ted leaving. Ill stick with Ted.

jakey: Hi folks. I hope you didn't tune in 5 minutes late and think you had tuned into The Osbornes instead of Survivor! Robb and Ken's little dust up had so many bleeps in it I thought my smoke alarm was going off! Robb demonstrated his lack of understanding of the concept of alliance and the consequences of disruptive behavior. Round 1 to Ken.

At CG camp, Jan once again proves she is an idiot with her "It's just 3 miles" in reference to the swim for water. NOT A BAD SWIM Huh

Huh? Maybe if you're training for the Olympics! So the 3 stooges set out to search for the canoe with a swim to the other island. A navigationally challenged Ted almost swims to Japan before Clay calls him back in. This was a move Clay may come to regret when Ted and Brian stab him in the back. The expedition is a failure and has only served to exhaust them for the upcoming challenge.

Back at SJ Round 2 of Robb vs. Ken ensues when Robb dips into the Banana bucket in spite of an agreement in the tribe to let them ripen before eating. More nasty words are exchanged. Robb, Robb, Robb have you not watched other survivors? If you dip into food be sure it is with the approval of the others. The skin on the banana you ate may as well been signed as your ticket off the island. Round 2 to Ken.

The reward challenge was a close contest with Athletic Robb shining and carrying SJ to victory but not before Penny showed some spunk and instructed the whole team to move their butts to the middle when she launched the ball, increasing their chances at success. Great advice as SJ wins the Thai Feast. This is our second hint of Penny's strength this episode as earlier she had told Shi Ann to back out of the banana debate and let Robb and Ken hash it out themselves.

The Reward feast is phenomenal, with everyone chilling out and feeling sheepish over the banana skirmish. At this point I'm sure you thought ------O my God. Robb is going to win them over! I sure thought this and broke into a cold sweat. NOOOOOOO!!!!!

I guess Stephanie was right about the effect of food on the temperament. On the walk back after the Feast Ken and Robb do some serious male bonding and patch things up, while I was hoping bats from hell would carry "Ska8er boi" away.

Now back at camp CG Granny Janny has dropped her tranny over the death of a bat! A funeral is held for Oscar the embryonic slimy bat remnant while Clay gives his best "beam this crazy lady outta here" expression! I'm with Clay----please get this wrinkled prune like nut bar off my screen!! Make her go away! The IC was an interesting mathematical game that SJ lost on the coin toss. Actually they won the toss but in this case they should have elected to go second. At least that is my opinion on how to win the challenge------Action vs. Reaction-----Argh-I babble too much. Shii Ann got flustered with this challenge and I bet you again thought that Robb might not be booted! Bottom line----Clay the hick is smarter than people give him credit and it was his directions that gave CG the win. Sooooo SJ decides to lick its wounds with the wine from their previous reward win. What follows is a very touching look at this group of strangers thrust together in the hunt of a pot of gold. Robb waxes eloquent and repentant and all spoke words of good will. What is this Xmas eve? Yikes. Is he going to talk himself out of loser lounge?

A humbled and somber SJ regretfully reject the rejuvenated Rob. Now dang Shii Ann-----I like ya but I thought your comments on voting for Robb, while true, were best left unsaid.

So, what happens now? Will there be a merge as we have come to know it? What does Jeff mean when he speaks of something very different in next week's promo? Judging by the facial expressions of Ken and Helen we are led to believe something else is afoot!

Who knows? If there is a normal merge will Shii Ann stay loyal to SJ? I think so, I hope so. Trying to pick who will be booted is a real crapshoot now. Usually with the merge the stronger players are targeted while weak insufferable pinheads like Janny survive! Grrrr. Next week will probably be a tie vote between Ken and Brian. Who goes? Toss a coin!

While I disliked Robb, I agree with Jim that it will be a lot harder to write about this show with Robb no longer around to pick on. Ah well, C'est la vie, n'est pas?

Have a good week

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Survivor: Thailand
Episode Six: The Power of One
By Kim Hollis and David Mumpower

This week's episode begins at the Sook Jai camp with a level of paranoia usually reserved for potheads and Art Bell listeners. Angry young bartender Robb does a mean Lex impersonation when he discovers a couple of his tribemates almost voted for him. The difference between the two tattooed freaks is that Lex had actually received a vote when he snapped. Robb, who apparently didn't read his Survivor Rulebook before being stuck in the middle of nowhere, goes O.J. over the fact that people were even considering voting for him.

First he confronts Penny, America's favorite drugstore clerk...excuse me, pharmaceutical salesperson, about her intentions. When Penny indicates his behavior is even more erratic than normal (which is *really* saying something), the Tommy Lee look-a-like storms off to confront Ken. We assume the thought process revolves around the fact that Ken is a professional narc. The New York City cop manages to look incredulous, an impressive feat for a human being who makes vanilla seem spicy. He proceeds to slowly explain to Robb (using very small words and the occasional stick figure drawing) that he is out of his mind and that he needs to get back on the stronger medicinal herbs in his backpack asap.

Robb, never one to let logic stand in the way of a good rant, starts drudging up events from the first week on the island to support his insane theory that Ken is ready to et tu his brute. The law enforcement official politely states that he had said he was going to vote for Steph, that he actually had voted for Steph, and that Robb has "some set of balls," (kinky) thus making them Survivor Thailand's first love connection (assuming you're as gullible as Ghandia's husband). Here's to sexy biting, fellas.

We cut over to the Chuay Gahn tribe, where Jan continues to dress as though she is 17 rather than 70. The most wrinkled woman this side of the Evil Dead trilogy continues to bemoan the loss of the boat and fishing net. Somewhere off in the distance, Tom Hanks is laughing at the incompetent boobs. Ted, whose plastic surgeon did some magical things with saline, and Clay, who does a mean Ernest T. Bass impersonation resume floating in the water for an extended period on the off chance the abandoned skiff might suddenly decide to join them. Amazingly, this strategy fails.

Returning to the embattled Sook Jai camp, we see Robb again winning friends and influencing people through his Donkey Kong impression. The compulsion of his oral fetish draws the ire of Shii Ann as the David and Maddie show continues to develop. The less we say about this discussion, the better, but we're pretty sure Guiness is going to list it as the most times the word "banana" has ever been uttered in a single conversation.

So basically, 15 minutes of nothing.

The reward challenge mercifully begins. This turns out to be one of the better games in recent memory and a particularly close matchup to boot. A feast is promised to the winners, and both tribes show unusual drive to win. The contest involves a six-foot tall slingshot, some sort of Thai whiffleball, and a reverse lamp shade on a stick. The players need to catch five balls while preventing the opposing team from catching their share. Roid Rage Robb is a man among boys in the competition (though that's not too tough, what with Clay using his "fall on the ground" strategy and Brian daydreaming about his next role with costar Shannon Tweed). He scores the first four goals for his team, giving them a 4-1 lead. In the process, Helen and Ted engage in a shouting match over his inability to remember his own instructions.

At this point Chuay Gahn calls time out, and the five of them are able to piece together the fact that perhaps one of them should defend Robb. Ted and his man breasts are up to the challenge, as he starts boob-slapping the alpha male. Even Erin is impressed by his prowess. All of a sudden, the score is tied at four apiece, and both sides fail on an opportunity to convert the winning goal. Sook Jai takes their time out so that they can yell at each other, with field sergeant Penny taking charge and finally coming up with the winning strategy. Ken makes the final catch, and the buffet is theirs.

We cut back to Chuay Gahn, once again rationalizing away the fact that they don't care whether they win. Frankly, they're old. And tired. Even the Cincinatti Bengals think these guys need better conditioning. They go back to bitching about picking delicious seafood from beneath the rocks as Survivor 2 Tina, still tasting the wet rice during the monsoon, curses their very existence.

We cut back to the ungrateful brat tribe as they shock the television audience by bonding some. Even Robb receives compliments as we wait for them to start mentioning how they'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. In the background, some Thai people are, I don't know, dancing and singing and putting on a once in a lifetime show or something, but Ken and Co. can't be bothered to turn their necks 30 degrees to the right in order to appreciate the festivities. Maybe if it had been a Vines concert.

After the commercial break, we return to find Algonquin Round Table members Brian, Clay and Ted sussing out the fact that a merger might be happening in the next three days (way to compute that there are currently 11 people, guys). At this point, Ted and Brian reveal their bond to one another. Combining this with the earlier balls comment and banana swallowing, tonight's episode is officially the most homoerotic ever. We also find out that poor Clay is always a bridesmaid as the other reindeer decide not to let him play any of their reindeer games.

At the other camp, Ken and Robb bond some more as they take another romantic walk in the woods. Ken patronizes Robb as the skateboard dude finally discovers he's vacationing in Thailand. The older man helps the confused younger man deal with his issues of self-discovery. Somewhere off in the distance, Pamela Anderson feels the loss.

The next several minutes are best spent in fast-forward mode. Granny Clampett discovers a dead bat and goes into mourning. (No, we're not kidding.) She insists on a funeral procession and cries for poor, lost, embryonic Oscar the Bat. (Yes, she named it.) During an aside to the camera, she weeps for the lost innocent as Brian laments the lost meal.

Tree mail!

Tonight's immunity challenge is called 21, and it's a puzzle, so we know it's Shii Ann against Chuay Gahn. In a move that surprises no one, Robb sits out for his tribe. The goal is to capture the final flag out of a set of 21. The trick is that each tribe can only grab one, two or three poles during its single turn, at which point they wait for the other team to make its move. A back and forth occurs which is too mundane to describe in detail. Suffice it to say that Shii Ann miscounts, leaving an opening for the opposing tribe. Shockingly, it's Clay who does the math which secures the final flag for the five members of Chuay Gahn. Sook Jai is going to tribal council.

With the merger on the horizon and food and ale still available for consumption, the losers decide to get ripped. The peace, love and understanding from the reward challenge continues to build as Robb enjoys a Saul/Paul conversion. He becomes something of a Dalai Lama to the young group of Richard Geres. He shares stories of his father and himself which amazingly draws everyone closer to him, even Shii Ann. Needless to say, we suspect the wine was laced with some other substances but the fallout is unmistakable. The tribe really, really likes Robb.

As the group joins Mr. Probst at tribal council, it's evident that a sense of peace has swept over the group. They discuss the previous days with a mixture of pride and serenity which is difficult to mock. We'll simply say that it's been evident for some time that there is an alliance between several of the Sook Jai players and equally apparent that Robb is not a part of it. The vote comes in at five for Robb with the stray vote being his last shiv of Shii Ann, who now seems to look at her former sparring partner with a newfound desire in her eyes. We knew it! Probst wastes no time in pointing out that they had achieved spiritual growth then assassinated the man who led them to that sanctified position. Chesty Erin looks away in shame as the credits roll.

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